#Harvard University (2023-2024)
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it’s a super fucking controversial book i thought it was a good idea to put it down
i mean kind of same reason i put down thinking fast and slow despite being raised on hard science purism and the entire replication crisis thing
dm?
rightt that makes a lot of sense and ngl a v smart move
yah sure !
and also actually why i had both planet money and odd lots on my list LMFAO
im actually so nervous for tmrw 💀
why 😭
because i really want coby and dalia to get in
i will be so sad if they dont 
im gonna wake up tmr with my heart at 200 bpm
honestly me too
i’m hoping for them
i love you kace but don’t get your hopes up
ily bro
me too i’m mentally committed to uoft
my school forgot to send the school profile 
oh my-
or really i forgot to give them my reference number
but it’s ok
i applied to engsci i was already fucked
well the girl from my school who also applied to harvard is partially iranian royalty
so im fucked
thing is
SHE FGOT WAITLISTED AT CALTECH
AND SHE HAS A 2.6
WHOCH LIKE WHAT???
her essays are probably insane
im so done

wonder if they just did it as a z-list cover their ass kinda thing
that’s what i’m kind of thinking is happening with me and waitlists
like “oh we waitlisted you bc you were almost good enough”
but it’s a little fake
sorry ig that’s a really fucked up take
but i have not been kind to myself speculating abt these waitlists 
nah bro i felt like i rlly wasnt good enough when i got rejected from jhu early
but you have to remind yourself there is just no way to know if that’s the case
maybe it was my need maybe they didn’t want to admit someone who would go into the med field since they had too many of those
it’s not always you didn’t try hard enough
that is such a cool class though
not the kumon...
this logo activates my fight or flight
kumon 
fr me and my sister would have to distract our mom every time kumon was brought up so she wouldn’t send us
thank god we became a lil too broke for that
lmao
As someone who quit kumon after two lessons but has multiple friends who finished it early, I can confirm it is useless
What time is Harvard
I have the urge to skip time and go to sleep
me too
i burned out at Level L 💀
💀
Dangg insane hack
i’m back
thank you 😍😍
she’s like the kind of pretty that’s so hard to achieve you gotta just have
RIGHT
bro
kill me
i just need 1 i just need 1 i just need 1 i just need 1 i just need 1
WE CAN DO IT
so twenty fo howas left
!harvard
im gonna wear a maroon shirt tomorrow
*crimson
LMAO
my dumbass aint getting into harvard

💀💀💀
i wore a uchicago maroons shirt on uchicago lac day
Nah trust. Just gotta get that harvard merch quickly
and they wld me
ill just diy one rq 😆
i wore a green shirt for uchi rd release date
aka my PJs
got waitlisted
shouldve worn my actual uchi merch smh
wearing a red shirt. that should be enough
🙏
we bleeding crimson red tomorrow
It’s Harvover
i opened my decision with a harvard flag in my lap
do we know what time it comes out?
7pm est
get a harvard flag speed delivered overnight 🙏🏽
Amazon prime one day shipping
y’all i have hit enlightenment at 3 am
i should do the same honestly
im kinda sad i have no more decisions
i miss that anticipation 😭 now im just waiting for august to come
ur committed to harvard right ? 🤩
Tommorow at this time I will already know if I got into Harvard or not
tomorrow at this time Harvard '28 will be in my ig bio
same
ye
woww look at you 😤
THANK YOU
r u gonna leave again tonight
maybe idk
was there a reason last time
trying to not think about it
i worked a double today so that kinda helped 😭
valid
oh
was that fulfilling, exhausting, or both
i’m sorry but that’s good
i think yeah i need to unfuck my decision-clogged brain
what will happen will happen
and uci has a beautiful campus

Drown the pain in a chic fila cookies and cream shake
i’m home now
we want harvard tomorrow!!
IN JESUS NAME 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Kirk Franklin manifesting
Haverd
the g in sylvia stands for goodlooking
The 200 word count was not enough for each essay
The "i" in "harvard" stands for interview
i just searched one up randomly LMAO
harvard 🫶
omg it's the lord of rice
might be the only person ever in this situation
to this day i STILL think about this chicken 😭
some chicken thing from the cheesecake fcatory
IT LOOKS SO GOOD
I kind of have a building at harvard but my parents wouldn't let me apply
😟
what did it taste like dont leave me on a cliffhanger
better that than charged lemonade...
can i have it
yeah I gotchu
w
I will get it renamed to the dusk building immediately
well fuck me
I didn't know cheesecake factory food was so insane
I JUST REALIZED A REALLY BAD TYPO OF NUMBERS BETWEEN MY ACTIVITIES SECTION AND COMMONAPP ESSAY
I figured if their menu is 800 pages no way they can put a lot of effort into any one dish
SA<ME
HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS DONE FOR
key is to never look back.
is it too late to donate 4.5 mil?
gourmet version of panda express beijing beef. the chicken was so FREAKING juicy and had thr perfect amoutn of crunch + perfectly savory and sweet and umami with a bit of acidity from the lime. absolute perfection.
is 4.5 even enough these days
A STATISTICAL NUMBER IS OFF BY TEN MILLION.
heheh i love charged lemonades too much
what
nah
holy ducking shit what
I can't lie that sounds like it's on you
theyll be like oops we accidentally sent u a rejection letter
I MUSINPUTTED ONE NUMBER
by 10 million?
probability of deferral to acceptance?
thats it im getting cheescake factory takeout tmr
oh I thought you meant you typed 10000000 instead of 1000 for example
i would too if i had one near me 😭 AAAA
okay wait
I LOOK LIKE A FRAUD
that's def not AS bad
bro ive had one thats 2 miles away for years and IVE NEVR BEEN
they might understand it as a typo
if they want to admit you they will overlook it
except for once when i got their cheescajes LOL
never??? please go tomorrow bc all their menu items will never miss
seems to be the case for only RIT
which flavorr
CLEARLY they overlooked it because I got a half ride for cs
just donate 50 million instead of 40 million tonight
I CAN'T GET TEN MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS IN ONE NIGHT
some oreo one i think p basic
ON A LIVESTREAM TOO
chat i got waitlisted from cal poly slo am i cooked for ivy’s 🥰
they can't tell how many views you have
i heard that one is incredible
WAH ELSE SHLD I GET FOM CHEESCAJE FACTORY
cheesecake
whatever fuck it we ball
if u actually ened up getting my pfp it was the spicy cashew chicken
twas was'
lemon meringue cheesecakes
jambalaya pasta 🔥
AYY BET THOSE AL SOUNDS FIRE

fuck it we ball ai spongebob is getting me into harvard
fuck it we ball
fuck it we ball it got me nowhere else
thai salad (1) thai curry (2)
AIGJT IM GETTING LEMON MERINGUE CHEECAKE< JAMABLAYSNPASTA AND SPCUYC CHASEW CHICLKEN TMR
ima eat it when pening deciisons
HAHAHA YESSSS
pening
im gonna go full on american tmrw
chicken and honey chipotle waffles with oreo milkshake after decisions
STAHPPP
where u getting then frm thats ouds si gud
bro i cant all ur food sounds so bomb deadass
chilis for the meal and then prob sonic for the milkshake hehe
i just spent 30 min looking at menus what am i doing
HELP
i can proudly say im a pro foodie 😈
bro im also a foodie but i nver eat american food LMFAO
like i get asian food mainly
okay tbh american food only hits when i crave it
or middle weastern
(the better food)
{ERIODD
like im not even joking i think burgers are overrated
same.
i might start a war by saying that but there are better meat options :D
i feel like american food in general but u make it sound good so ima try
be my friend pls
wait how do i friend someone
"I'm sweating more than a non-legacy applying to Yale! [Laughter]"
on
LMAO GLADYYY 🫶
i sent a req!
😆
Since when did Cheesecake Factory not scam you
Ivy day 🫡
!ivyday
Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
17 hours, 53 minutes and 38 seconds until the decision date
the day of reckoning is upon us
i can’t sleep sir
Tbh I wanna sleep and wake up at like 3 PM just so I can timeskip to ivy day lmao
RAHHHHHHH
man
now that ik my estimated commitment time for my classes
im even more scared
and excited
let me in harvard rn
fr
kace
i have to go to court
at 8:30
but i can’t sleep
omg wait help one of the profs i wanna take a class with is nonbinary
do i just call them Professor
or Dr
or what
Professor would be appropriate most likely
but both of those are neutral
rawr
Ok then there's the answer
😞😞
idek what to do now
how long is a 2500 word paper 💀
is that typical
im looking at last years syllabus for the trans history class
and the final is 2500 words
Hi everyone
the only downside to that class is that its at 9:45 am
but its just thursdays
so i think thats fine
Love how kace to ignored me
u said hi to everyone not to me specifically
Everyone includes you
Genius
How is this guy going to harvard
im busy tryna decide if i wanna do 5 classes first sem 💀
Take 4
I’m taking 4
but this class is only available in fall
Why are you deciding so early, bro is actually a nerd
😭🙏
I HAVE MY 4 YEAT PLAN DONE
kace calm down
WTFFF?? This early
Fr you tell him
He has anger issues whenever he talks to me
this what i wanna do
trans history would be so fun
and its just an extra 4 hours
Take the Taylor swift class
A week?
yes
and a lot of my first sem content isnt gonna be new to me
so it will be easier than if i'd never seen it
i will have alrdy had psych 1 and calc 1
just not transferrable
🙄🎉🎉✊🏾😛🙃🫡😞💔😄💀😍😞💔😭😭😭✊🏾✊🏾🏂🤓🧢🐐🎉🎉🥲🥲🏂🎉🎉🐐😀
i think if i make that case to the dean they will approve the lit class cus come on bro
I NEEEEEED the class
Hmm, where did u find your course catalog
on my.harvard
they posted fall 24 classes a couple days ago
You alr have access to your acc?
yes
They won’t give me my email til June
us either
??? Yea for undergrad. Stanford hopeful for masters. Stop bullying me plz
its jover for me, if i get in to any of my 9 schools tmr i'll commited instantly
we dont have the email set up but we have access to student portal
Wthh
maybe wait on finaid 💀
I don’t want to put that Donald trump GIF cuz it’s jinxed me
U said Stanford hopeful for masters
And out Stanford ‘30
Meanie
my fafsa came back and i got a good index so it should be good
Let me help you do the math. Bachelors = 4 years, masters = 2 years
My god
!rule 1 AND you’re the stupid one
#📜-rules
Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.
Ew . I’m starting to see what stupid pton saw in you 🤮
Now I sound mean
august COULD NOT COME FASTERRRR
No
can you wait until 6:30?
no
Mad cause I’m right 😒😒😒
coby u should plan ur classes w me tmrw
stop it
🤖🤖
planning is so fun
God I love the bot emojis
i’m starting with planning on an acceptance
then we can plan the rest later
Yea cause you love bullying me :(
☹️
Mod bullying an innocent young and petite a2c member again
Someone please stop them
Less than a day 
the hell is that description
why frown 😞
lmao
A good one
cus i wanna plan rn
u cant become my enemy at 6 pm tmrw 😔
im begging
stop
Wait @fossil willow how do you have access to your student portal?
Did they email it to you
u get access same day u get in
u set it up with ur harvard id
Bruh only thing I got access in is the portal for me to view my decision
my vandy acceptance kinda gave me faith
L
spin spin spin
spin a wheel
idk i like it cus they let me in 💀
i'm doing alphabetical
Do the best first (Princeton)
i mean thats valid
id like it if i got in
i jus tlike regret it
but alas
i’m thinking
They’re letting anyone in nowadays huh?
bertha
help me
i'm being bullied
!rule 1
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upenn, princeton, duke, columbia, yale, harvard??
Pton trying to tell you to shop
💀
I got u
my friend is doing in the order of the emails he gets from them lol

💀
they don’t usually send emails right away though?
Bertha is gonna accidentally ban me like KVD and Michelle obama
Ivy League spinner wheel
no
its a few mins after
right
That was a conspiracy
sometimes like 30
kace ur literally not helping me
It happened right in front of my eyes
WHY
HOW
now
oh
Yk yelling doesn’t really work that well thru text
and it can’t change
Cause u can’t hear
and yes the order matters
it did
do harvard in a way that makes me know the second u get in 💀
what does that even mean
idk, telekinetics?
Yeah but we're in India and it comes out 4:30 am our time and like im waking up but he'll just see it at 9 or something lol
do Columbia last
i almost called you something
Also you should rule 1 bertha, she called me an idiot like a couple mins ago…I nearly cried
OHH
im doing columbia last so i can grieve
💀💀💀💀
🤖
I don’t even get an apology 😔
i don't wanna get demoted
do columbia last
No, we’ll support you. Stand back to the corrupt mods!
you think so?
harvard second to last or smth
ya so no matter what u get good news
upenn, princeton, duke, yale, harvard, columbia
Yes, likely = last
yes
Princeton then Penn
why
do it in order of least to most exciting, minus columbia
lets do a wheel shall we
Penn easier to get into
yeah that’s the order
nah Bertha is homie you're the weird one who always !rule 1's me
its 1 am u should gts
i mean princeton would be exciting
?? Wow. I literally supported you when you were down, struggling to pass by. And now that you’re up, you ignore me
but i don’t really like them
Fake
maybe i’ll switch the order on selectivity
because like
Prestige changes people…
same
its just boring
i didnt plan on applying to pton 😭
or maybe i’ll just open how i feel in the moment
Me and that wheel
I CAN’T
Come join me at pton bertha. Me and you can make up and become besties
Why do people keep siccing moderator in trainings on me 
Idk what siccing means
sic em
Idk what that means
average californian
I’m 2 seconds away from pulling up your Alabama screenshot
telling pton to rescind 🙏🏽
🤯
true
dw Bertha I'm on your side
I remember when you were down….scrambling for UChicago. I supported you even though I was clearly above you with pton. And now that you have cal, you toss me away….
Sigh, how times have changed
caramels are the best candy
I like milk chocolate
wait luck how do u say caramel
Care a mel
Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Duke, Stanford, UPenn, Cornell and Yale that's the order I will open(decided by wheel spin)
interesting
Why
cus south dont say it like that
Ik a lot of people say car a mel tho
not that either 💀
W order
wtf
we say car-mel
??? You don’t say like car-ra-mel??
no 💀
💀
Carmel is just camel but with an r
caramel is just carmel but with an a
camel is a weird word
Same
Wth 17 accepted
Bros him
Plz teach me the way
mostly safeties
lmfao im sorry this is so funny
Cap
yes
but on a serious note luck you're pretty cool sorry if I was rude to you it's all for fun
i think 14 of them are above 35% ar
Yea Ik lmao
Bertha wasn’t being “for fun” tho 😒😒😒
i mean she is hater bertha
and she did ban her supposed friends
watch out for bertha she's a ruthless monster simply biding her time
She’s not even a hater to people, she’s just a hater to me
😔
aww enemies to lovers
????
it's cute
bertha will come to Princeton
you'll bump into each other and your eyes will meet at Princeton preview
you'll have that moment of recognition
"Bertha?" "Luck?" "No actually my name is ... "
you'll start talking
laughing over the a2c memories
the students will split up into groups to tour and you'll by chance be in the same group
wait shit i need to study I'll come write Bertha x luck fanfic later bye
“Bertha I’m on your side”
Suits the narrative that Berkeley students r snakes
Get to ur head out of the gutter bye
LMFAO in my defence im incapable of long term commitment
Why are you writing a fan fic on a2c
because you guys are cute
Bros making up scenarios
Yk I have a gf 😭
i see two people being mean to each other i immediately start shipping
didn't i tell you i was stealing her
Bro knew and she still made up scenarios wtfff
@stable pecan Ban
No, I’m not telling you now 💀
You’re prolly gonna write another fan fic on stealer her
And then shipping me
💀
Me too smrithri 😭
Don’t tell her, she’ll steals yours too
i love girls ok 🫶
ok but if she's in an ew major like eecs i won't steal her promise
Yea…she’s totally eecs, haha
🤨🤨🤨
As the day of reckoning draws near, an eerie calm filled A2C 
i didn't apply but i just wanted to say gl to everyone ik this shit is stressful asl
i’m still awake 😍
Same
hi luck
bro copy pasting in all threads🔥
appreciate the sentiment tho thanks
AMENN
Gts please
i can’t
:(
i’ll try
but hopefully i’ll be exhausted and forced to sleep through the day
after i go to court in 5 hours though
Facts
And spring break
same
!ivyday
Like 13.5 hours
I wish you applicants the best of luck today (and other schools if u applied)!
professor lmao
amazing satire sylvia
how’s your semester been
Gl everyone today
gl my homiesss
What
why do
??
no way harvard sends likely at 6am in da morning
seems sus
sus af
WAIT I SAW THIS TOO
such a lie lol
i think this is the ivy rejection website??
lol like no one can find any information about him
nah it’s jana part 2
Why are you guys all seeing this
vietnam undefeated 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳
tu noi dong xanh thom huong lua
bro deleted his post so its fake
cuz getting into harvard is a RLLY big deal in my country
gl on your decisions (didnt apply here but...)
you guys every student who gets into harvard from dubai usually gets a news article so you kno i need that fame more than anything
News article is too doxable tbh
!ivyday
Today is the da!
#🤖-bot-commands
#🤖-bot-commands
I know, i got it
yk i did too
so i can give u tips 
i don’t need them i was born for stardom /j
a sliver of hope
#🤖-bot-commands message
just barely
It hits every tjme for me😭
i think as brown students we get to say that because even harvard students admitted
very very busy and tiring semester!
how's life been for you?
hello
oh dang
hope it pays off for you!
i’ve been kind of getting sucked into inaction which is bad
i don't know why i chose 4 advanced classes
it's senioritis it'll pass, let yourself relax
but i learned a lot of math so i feel pretty good
as long as you don't have like IB finals you're probably fine
hey pooks
that's great!
yeah lmao
i don’t want to jinx it
oh and a lot of linguistics which i’m super happy abt
which ones?
2 philosophy, 1 history, and 1 comparative lit
the history class is fine but oh god the other 3
fr
omg
oh shit
omg
the double philosophy sounds rough
i'm like half complete for my philosophy concentration at this point
what's the comp lit class
sylvia I lowk wanna major in comp lit
yes you absolutely should
if you come to brown
our complit department is like
so nice even though it's small
all the professors are so chill
introduction to literary theory
which we read some extremely dense stuff but it has paid off i'd say
shit that’s so cool
comp lit is two languages right
what’s the other one you plan on using generally
hey nice!
i want to learn german
those are super interesting honestly
i've been revisiting my plans and i've been thinking maybe i want to go study or live for a while in germany and maybe get a phd there
like a bit of a varied proximity to english
german phd probably is worth the most in the world
oh that’s awesome
yeah probably
yup and culturally! complit is more focused on the general culture and philosophy and etc
freud is considered complit at this point apparently

anyway see you at harvard
oh you will
are you from nyc/boston
or cali
nyc
yeah i hear
ngl i’m a little frustrated with harvard’s political atmosphere as of right now
the fact that it ranked dead last in free speech LMAO
it feels very compulsory yk
LMAO yeah
- abysmal. no free speech.
💀 really??!!
i’ve heard not great things about a friend and being forced into things
out of 248 colleges
and political peer pressure
harvard literally had a score of 0 and ranked dead last
it's both so woke WHILE being conservative somehow
i feel like i’m more of a take my time to develop an opinion person
it's crazy
yeah
yeah just ignore the politics aspect tbh
woke in the legitimately authoritarian way
jeez
not just in a like “let’s respect people” way
wokeism is a very questionable thing because it has become an authoritarian tool
the fact that it's not the minorities themselves saying anything about it but the white people in charge is
just wow
it’s a biauthoritarian signaller
global shift towards authoritarianism in the age of the internet tbh
it’s like be authoritarian or authoritarian
but personally i’d still not significantly rather go to like a uchicago
because they tend to mask politics behind anti politics
choose your party:
republican (alt-right)
democrats (sleepy joe)
libertarianism (high on drugs)
they fell from #1 free speech too
yeah i hate that
also libertarian party is like dead at this point so effectively a two party system and at harvard both sides coerce you
i think that's what both sides are trying to do at this point
also funny how US always falls into a binary
it becomes extremely apparent the further you go into a party’s political organizing
have you been following the news about the RCA?
(revolutionary communists of america)
hmm i don’t think so
are they like dsa alternative
a relaunch of an old party
nope those are like
actually people who believe in revolution
and it's worrying because a lot of them truly have gone through the worst things and are actually the working class, and though mccarthyism is ingrained in america if they play their cards right considering the material conditions of the current middle and lower classes, then they could become a formidable force
the problem would of course be that if they ever do start a revolution the US would literally have to become a military dictatorship to stop them
maybe that’s itself a bit naive
shit you’re right
that's what i've been wondering since seeing the news
have you seen that one stupid neal brennan bit
the growing wealth disparity makes it obvious how late-stage capitalist US is and it's no longer actual capitalism
about the nra guys trying to revolt
capitalism encourages competition but now it's oligarchal
nope what's it about
he makes a joke about how the second amendment is meant to facilitate popular revolt
but that the us military is so overbearing at this point that it’s worthless
wait that's actually right
so
what if the tankies join in

oh nah
i wonder if internal revolt in the us could actually end up worse than nuclear war
absolutely
if that happens the us will literally collapse culturally
i'm usually in the brown thread but i'm here to check on things ivy day
Valid
i mean the thing is US has been a social experiment ongoing for 250 years
that’s really funny
because you imagine we’re all like the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
an experiment that gains like far too much power
if it fails as a pure democracy (since it has no cultural roots), i do wonder if it's evidence that evolution in ideology is inevitable and something that starts out of nothing but ideals will eventually collapse
i mean it might honestly be the case
hmm wdym
US is truly special in the way that there was no previous monarchy or feudalism and the system came as a product of a revolution against rule from elsewhere
and while the founding figures may have been under british rule for most of their lives and western educated (especially in classics), what they constructed was of democratic ideals and an extremely good functioning system built upon that
DMs
sure!
you’re saying institutional stability relies on cultural foundation?
and the biggest problem about that is that while their vision was far ahead, the people after them never followed up with changing the system to fit the times, literally half of US politics is at least dated by 100 years
honestly that might be the case, i'm not sure though because i'm just theorizing
right
yeah that’s exactly it
i think i see the core of your point
a cultural foundation pushes for evolution because people always try to build upon that culture
i mean you wonder if the lifespan of people creates premature mythologizing
but when you don't have that and only a system of ideals? they literally just pinpointed the "truth" and people after did not question it nearly enough
alright yall
im at work rn i get home at 4 i nap for two hours
boom
i get a rejection
or not who knows im terrified
so an institution built to evolve only moderately quickly fails because no one changes enough in their lifetime and also people stop changing after one lifetime
i think so
yeah i see that
ur at work rn?? 😭
because we literally mythologize the 90s since we never see it
so about 1776? of course we're gonna paint an unrealistic image
in theory
LMAOO HIII YEAH IM ON SPRING BREAK SO IVE BEEN WORKING
in theory?
i mean cmon look at the state of america right now
OH SPRING BREAK that makes sense
democracy is a great ideal but we are built on a capitalist functioning foundation
it’s funny because even though change is built into the constitution we found a way to improperly solidify the rules
money talks
YAHHH
yeah but my point is that the constructed system 250 years was crazy good
yeah exactly
yeah thats understandable, and i can agree to that
imagine if we were the weimar republic
so good that it has somehow stayed alive (of course, considering the amount of money made from imperialism and exploiting third world countries and starting wars) for 250 years
if the system was any less good america would have collapsed a while ago
i just also think america was super small at the time and not as big on capitalism since they could rely on slavery
its a miracle it hasnt yet 😭
Indeed
we've been talking about if a revolution will happen anytime soon
i'm doubtful, but if a revolution does happen america is fucked either way
ehh i can see a revolution happening
either culture dies or it literally turns into a military dictatorship
now? no
in 10-15 years
people tend not to do anything until things are super super messed up
they kinda are now though
almost to the point of now return
for the lower classes at least
oh 100 percent
i mean we do have to wonder if the us can sustain itself on its own heritage by now
i'm convinced drugs are literally meant to control the lower classes
but imo i dont think theyll have a revolution until things are FUCKED
DUDE YK IT IS?
oh yeah
it totally is in the 70s-80s they couldnt make anti-war illegal
or black people illegal
thus the War on Drugs happened 💀
i mean i think the government secretly works with the mexican drug cartels or something
mass incarceration
i'm definitely crazy for thinking that but it makes sense to me the government would do that
which was itself facilitated by drug promotion and abusive physicians for the lower classes
and somehow drugs won
it’s very easy to look down and say that’s the problem
and then “fix” it forty times
the problem with modern america is that the voices of the lower classes or working class is no longer heard
the issue is when “fixing” it widens the black hole
while in its early days people actually had rights
ohh yah i mean i wouldnt be surprised either
To some extent
i think this is a symptom of the black hole widening
at least
I think political activism was just easier back then
fentanyl and now xylozine
you have to spent a ton of time deafening yourself to the people drowning
the potency of the drugs are enough to kill people nowadays
you don’t realize there are far more of them then you considered
Even if you were an oppressed group collective bargaining via unions or protests were phenomena that everyone was held captive to, nowadays physical protests and other powerful means of protest have been diluted in its strength
i mean i've been so lucky to have grown up in areas where i never witnessed ODs and etc but i genuinely want to help with the issue
but also interacting with them seems impossible
no more chicago or LA riots unfortunately
Right
i’ve got friends that i’m currently worried about and this is almost the exact thing i think abt
oh fs bc back then, cocaine usage was tottallyyyy okay. but the moment black people began pushing for more rights, or people were anti-vietnam (who tended to be more "hippie groups") the government pushed for drugs to be seen as BAD, and who uses drugs? apparently all black people (weed) and "hippies" (LSD/meth) and now you get to mass incarcerate these groups so you can silence
them
oh no :(
my default approach is be patient but decisive
but you didnt rly silence them, you put them in jail for drugs, so now the public cant get mad at you
I just think that we have no shared reality about the world’s problems, so we really can’t agree on what the issues are to address in the first place
People distrust their peers who are ideologically or politically different in their belief
but it might not always work and especially on the micro scale you can only tailor your approach so much
the fentanyl race is absolutely insane
that’s why the mental health epidemic seems so incurable
People lack the empathy to really understand one another for issues they might not necessarily share
Compassion has been lost across the board
no one has any idea how to solve mental health decisively
Maria Ressa’s commencement address should address these things I’d say
bc the field itself was brought up on mf freud
the people who actually have influence and power and their next generations do NOT want to change
and guess who that is
im at work ping me im super invested in this
so many fucking ivy league students
will do so you can read later
hope you come to brown peachy
LMFAOO HIM AND HIS BLACK TAR 😭
lmao yup
i really hope so too, i think we would be great friends 💗
best of luck to you sylvia!!
i mean the field was constructed to prove him wrong basically
Sylvia is super cool
oh i'm a current student hahahah
i think we'd be great friends yes! good luck with everything
i'll be here decision time
i mean entirely
awww thank you
(not at brown) if i come to brown there are cooler majors I'd wanna take
but at another school they don't have journalism so im considering comp lit
oh!!!
do double concentration or more

